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Sonder Lays Off 400 Employees, Bookings Down 20% (Layoff List, 03/27/2020)

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Short layoff-tracker post on Sonder, a company offering short-term apartment rentals, listed under San Francisco and Denver, Travel, reporting that 400 employees (33%) from all departments were laid off or furloughed, with a link to a list of those affected. The post says bookings fell 20% across 5,000 apartments as the coronavirus stopped travel, and that Sonder had raised $360 million and was most recently valued at over $1 billion.

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Sonder lays off 400 employees, bookings down 20%

03/27/2020 10/27/2020 Layoff list Denver , San Francisco , Sonder , Travel

🌎 San Francisco, Denver ∙ 👩‍💼 400 employees (33%) ∙ 🖥 All departments

Sonder, which offers short-term apartment rentals, laid off or furloughed 400 employees (see link below for the list👇). Bookings are down 20% at the company’s 5,000 apartments, since people are no longer traveling due to the coronavirus. Sonder has raised $360 million and was most recently valued at over $1 billion.

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